Western cyclone., 1887-07-15
MISSING LINKS.
Eight thousand people are fed daily
by one New York restaurant.

OuHudy newspaper h''0
Sidney Woollett, the clocutionist, is
said to have memOrized more than
three hundred thousand verses of
poetry.
Baron NOrdenskiold, the explorer,
is meditating a Swedish Antarctic eX-
pedition with the assistance Of King
Oscar.
Henry Richner, of Vail, Iowa,
weigs 270 pounds, is seven feet four
and three-fourths inches high, and is
only twenty-five years old.
In 1866 10000 barrels of rice were
raised in this country, and in 1886
425.0 900 barrels South Carolina pro-
duces more than any other state.
Millionaire CorcOran, who does more
for Washington than all the other mil
lionaires Jumped together, pays taxes
on 50, 100, 900 worth of property
There is more or less money in En-
glsh politics for some people, Mr..
Scllnadhorst having just been present
ed with 100000 i'll recognition of his
services to the Liberal party.
Mrs. Magnusson, the Icelandic lady
who is now lecturing in England on
the habits and home-life Of her COM
patriots, claims that Lett Eriksson was
the real discOverer Of America.
The normal weight Of the fashion
able dinner or reception dress is from
thirty to forty-nine pounds, while the
tailOr-made dress varies from ten to
nineteen pounds. And yet woman is
~ 1lad tho 1Un9 lpr vessel
The Montana Wool GrOaUeT estimates
that there will be nearly Il million
sheep sheared i'll that territory this
year, producing at least 8,0O0,O0O
pounds Of WOOL, ,000,0 pounds
more than the product i'll 1886.
Gen. Charles p. Stone, the gallant
Union officer and the engineer under
whose supervision the BarthOldi statue
was erected, who died recently in New
York, left his family in straitened cir
cumstances, and an appeal is made to
the public in their behalf.
Some of the dealers in fish in Wash
ington market, New York city, have
bottles Of cod-liver oil suspended in
front of their stalls, and generally
underneath in a tank Il big live cod
''gasping in horror, as if at the sight
of the essence Of some ancestors
liver"
Experiments having shown that guns
have once more triumphed over armOr,
the governments Of England. France,
and Russia are actively laying in
supply of steel prOfectiles, of which
great quantities have been ordered.
Steel proiectiles will pierce the thickest
armOr at1Oat.
Referring to the addition of bath
rooms to the luXuries Of railroad
travel, the Buffalo Commercial com
mends the improvement, but thinks
cit might be very awkward, though,
for man in a collision or the upset
ting Of car to be caught in the usual
bath-tub undress."
The Duke Of Argyle, father of the
Marquis Of Lornc and Lord Colin
Campbell, is small man, with a bio
head and the face of a mud-carter.
He has mass of bushy white hair,
his shirt is always frayed at the collar,
he invariably wears rusty frock coat,
and trousers five inches too short
In book called Courts of Europe"
recently published i'll Berlin, the
author says that it is the Marquis of
Lorne who tlirts and not Louise The
story hitherto told presents the oppo-
site view The Berlin writer SAYS
Louise is consumed with jealousy be-
cause of Lorne's attentions to other
ladies.
James Blaikie. Of ST. Paul, has a
very fine cat's-eyc stone which was
once the property of George ii. of
England. The ring came into the
possession Of Blaikie's family by legal
process, together with Il star and gar
ter set with the same stones, aud at
one time the property of the English
monarch.
The famous Irish stecple-chaser Lib
orator, who won the Grand National
in 1879, and who has started III the
same race nearly every year since
then, Is now doing farm work. When
geldingS become unfit for racing their
1all Is great one. In this country
Checkmate, once Il great racer, is used
ns one of an omnibus team, and Pa
role, the hero Of two continents, is
used as 4 SadGle-horsc.
Dan Rice, the once celebrated clown,
who made and lost several large for
tunes in the circus ring, now lives in
Cincinnati, old and poor. and depend
ent on the charity of friends for Il liv-
ing. Rice's first appearance in public
was rs 4 puTiiist. and in 1923 the
pennsylvania Legislature adjourned
TO witness 4 bOXinr rnufost hptwnpA
George kensett and Dan Rice.
Cocoanut-growers say that each tree
in grove produces one nut day, or
500 in one year Owing to the great
height of the trees it is impossible to
pick the nuts, and they are allowed to
hang till they fall, The natives gather
them up and carry them to the husk-
ng-machines, where the nuts are strip
ped Of their thick outside shells. A
nut is most delicious just after ii has